Computer-assisted education
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorDavid M. Siefert
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Abstract
The invention concerns computer-assisted education, in which a school curriculum is stored in computer repositories. A learning profile is maintained for every student, which indicates the student's capabilities, preferred learning style, and progress. Based on the profile, an Intelligent Administrator (IA) selects appropriate material for presentation to the student during each learning session. The IA then assesses whether the student has mastered the material. If not, the material is presented in a different way. If repeated different presentations fail to instill mastery, the IA establishes a video conference between the student and a professor.
Claims15
An instructional system, comprising:
- a) a computer which stores multiple educational programs, which
- i) present one or more topics to a student and
- ii) assess the student's grasp of the topic;
- and
- b) communicator means for allowing the
- i) selection of an educational program of the topic, wherein the selection occurs between multiple educational programs having different presentations of the topic and
- ii) running of such selected educational program;
- and
- c) a profile for each student, which contains information about the learning characteristics of the student, wherein said selection of the educational program is based on the profile of the student and provides a presentation of the topic in a style that the student prefers.
An instructional system, comprising:
- a) a computer which stores multiple educational programs, which
- i) present one or more topics to a student and
- ii) assess the student's grasp of the topic;
- and
- b) communicator means for allowing the student to
- i) select the educational program of the topic and
- ii) run such selected educational program;
- c) and means for indicating whether a selected student has a linear or holistic learning style.
A system for instructing students, comprising:
- a) repository means for storing a collection of downloadable lessons in multiple computers;
- and
- b) a plurality of communicators, each able to
- i) establish a communication link with the repository means in a respective computer;
- ii) order a lesson to be executed from a respective computer following selection of a topic by a student;
- iii) accept input for the lesson from a student;
- and
- iv) deliver output from the lesson in the respective computer to the student;
- and
- c) means for storing a profile for each student, which contains information about the learning characteristics of the student, wherein the presentation of the topic is selected from multiple educational programs having different presentations of the topic and the presentation is in a style that the student prefers based on the profile of the student.
An instructional system, comprising:
- a) a computer which stores multiple educational programs, which
- i) present one or more topics to a student and
- ii) assess the student's grasp of the topic;
- and
- b) communicator means for allowing the
- i) selection of an educational program of the topic, wherein the selection occurs between multiple educational programs having different presentations of the topic and
- ii) running such selected educational program;
- c) means for providing a profile of each student, which contains information about the leaming characterization of the student, wherein said selection of the educational program is based on the profile of the student and provides a presentation of the topic in a style that the student prefers;
- and
- d) an administrator means for patching a student to a remote human consultant when at least one of a student or a consultant selects such patching.
An instructional system, comprising:
- a) a computer which stores multiple educational programs, which
- i) present one or more topics to a student and
- ii) assess the student's grasp of the topic;
- and
- b) communicator means for allowing the
- i) selection of an educational program of the topic, wherein the selection occurs between multiple educational programs having different presentations of the topic and
- ii) running of such selected educational program;
- and
- c) means for patching a student to a remote human consultant when at least one of a student or a consultant selects such patching, such patching being through video conferencing;
- and
- d) a profile for each student, which contains information about the learning characteristics of the student, wherein said selection of the educational program is based on the profile of the student and provides a presentation of the topic in a style that the student prefers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.